Book 33. (1 results) Rebels of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 53 | 43 | The wings, of View more quotes about course">course, given the technology involved, were not necessary for flight, though I supposed they might provide some lift. |
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Book 33. (7 results) Rebels of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 53 | 40 | "They are probably cheering," I said, "but we cannot hear them". |
| 53 | 41 | "The dragon," said Tajima, "has spread its wings". |
| 53 | 42 | "Yes," I said. |
| 53 | 43 | The wings, of course, given the technology involved, were not necessary for flight, though I supposed they might provide some lift. |
| 53 | 44 | They did move in flight, giving the illusion of propelling the great, mysterious, aerial beast. |
| 53 | 45 | Do not all dragons have vast, fearful batlike wings? In a sense then, the wings were quite essential, to convey the illusion. |
| 53 | 46 | Indeed, lacking wings, or seeming wings, this remarkable machine might not have been instantly identified, in the minds of thousands, with the fabled iron dragon of legend. |
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"They are probably cheering," I said, "but we cannot hear them".
"The dragon," said Tajima, "has spread its wings".
"Yes," I said.
The wings, of course, given the technology involved, were not necessary for flight, though I supposed they might provide some lift.
They did move in flight, giving the illusion of propelling the great, mysterious, aerial beast.
Do not all dragons have vast, fearful batlike wings? In a sense then, the wings were quite essential, to convey the illusion.
Indeed, lacking wings, or seeming wings, this remarkable machine might not have been instantly identified, in the minds of thousands, with the fabled iron dragon of legend.
- (Rebels of Gor)